Talking Heads: Hallelujah Picassos and Trevor Reekie

With their groundbreaking fusion of everything to reggae to nascent
hip-hop to thrash, the Hallelujah Picassos defined a vibrant,
close-knit and avowedly non-conformist time in the Auckland music
scene that’s gone undocumented since – but a pair of retrospective
compilations are putting the record straight.

Photo / Ted Bagurst

Trevor Reekie was there from the start as a producer, Pagan Records owner and fan - for this Talking Heads, he and Picassos Peter McLennan and Harold 'Roland' Rorschach talked about what their music means now, fitting in then, and finally reveal why they ditched Trevor's label.

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